Trump and Harris enter 99-day sprint to decide an election that has suddenly transformed

The Democrats’ newfound confidence may be premature. Early public polling point to a very close race in a deeply divided nation

The incredible speed with which the election was transformed is a stark reminder that, in the Trump era, little is certain, and the conventional wisdom is often wrong.

Barely a week ago, a sense of inevitability hung over the US presidential election.

Donald Trump’s allies gleefully predicted a landslide victory during a Republican National Convention that felt more like a coronation for a nominee who had just survived an assassination attempt and was promising to unite the country. Democrats, desperate and listless, feared the worst as a diminished President Joe Biden clung to his party’s nomination.